Dead Island - Cheats

Blue Skull Location

This skull can be found in the room across from where you deposit the Purple Skull on a glass covered shelf in the corner The deposit point for the Blue Skull is south from where you originally start the game near the beach on a resort There is a bunker that will remain closed until Act 2 or 3 until you need to rescue the survivor Jose Garcia Once he is available to be rescuing enter the bunker and use the portal to teleport to another bunker which has graffiti on the floors Get a propane tank at the top of the ladder and use it to blow open the door to the right of the ladder On the opposite side is a skull on the wall you deposit the Blue Skull next to it Your reward is the Plaguebearer Military Knife recipe

Brown Skull Location

During the main quest in Act 1 Chapter 3 called Black Hawk Down go through the warp in the bunker that is unlocked You can find the skull in a pile of corpses in the second bunker on the 1st floor behind the barrier across from where you enter

The deposit point is located at the top of the hill that is accessible by wood planks which is on the coast near ID 004 Keep an eye out for brown arrows as you climb up Your reward is a recipe for the Left Hand of Glova

Drowning Zombies

Get zombies to chase you into the water then kick them to make them drown getting some easy XP

Easy 10 Heads Are Better Than 1 Achievement

During the second part of the game you will acquire the assault rifle After you have gotten it jump on a car when zombies are chasing you and just headshot them with the weapon The stats are saved even if you die and you can continue the achievement if you die as well

Easy How Many Days Exactly Achievement

Instead of waiting an actual 28 days for this achievement simply disable your internet connection and go to your datetime settings on your 360 Change the date to one month later and resume your game OFFLINE to get the achievement

Easy Rootin Tootin Lootin Achievement

This achievement requires you to loot 5 Exceptional weapons which are colored orange Normally they are completely random but there is a way to make it so you always get one This works for any character but its helpful to have beaten the game so you can have access to all of the areas start at Chapter 15 This method also requires leaving your system on for 5 hours at a time so if you do this only do it once to make sure to give your system a rest afterwards

First fast travel to River Village and loot some of the chests there then go back to the boat and sell those items Now make sure youre somewhere safe and leave your system on for 5 hours might be a good idea to make note of when you start so you can keep track of the time Once 5 hours has passed fast travel to Bunker 2 and there should be a chest right by where you spawn open it and you should get an orange weapon Repeat this as many times as needed to get the achievement

Easy Molotov Cocktails

After finishing Act 3 enter the hotel and go down the hallways until you reach the lounge has tables and chairs Youll find around 10 bottles of alcohol on the bar which you can pick up Those bottles of alcohol will respawn when you exit and reenter the hotel make sure to go the same way to be safe Go to Harland and trade the alcohol for Molotov Cocktails you get 1 for every 3 bottles

Easy Weapon Duplication

Equip the weapon you want to dupe Hold the left trigger to ready your weapon then hold the Y button then press the right trigger to throw the weapon If you do it right a copy of your weapon will drop to the ground in front of you

Green Skull Location

This skull is directly east of the South Gas Station on the resort Directly south of the bungalows near where you start is a hill surrounded by a sand path on your map Its on the edge of the coast and youll want to approach it from the northeast side look for an overturned sailboat There will be a jumpable path that leads to an open box which has the Green Skull in it

The deposit point for the Green Skull is inside the Supermarket to the right of the Surf Shop section Theres an aisle against the wall with toy bears and one of the bears on the bottom shelf is the deposit point for the Green Skull Your reward is a recipe for a Cr33zz Revenge for Endless Crunch Baseball Bat

Hidden Special Pictures

In Act 2 enter the Mayors office in City Hall before the zombies attack it Behind the painting on the back wall in the room behind the desk are three photos of half nude blonde women

Item Duplication

This has to be done in Single Player mode Whenever you reach a checkpoint during any campaign mission drop the items you want to dupe on the ground After that kill yourself using molotovs or bombs and when the respawn timer appears simply reload the checkpoint from the pause menu When you respawn all of the items that you dropped will still be there but theyll also be in your inventory still

Killing zombies without dulling weapon

If you have a nice weapon and arent close to somewhere where you can repair it you can simply throw it at zombies without it dulling This will give you enough time to get it repaired as long as you keep throwing it instead of swinging it normally

Orange Skull Location

The best time to get this skull is during the main quest in Act 2 Chapter 6 called Market Journey Youll enter the Supermarket through the sewers so go past the area where you turn off the steam go right and you should come to a dead end with a workbench in a room to your left Keep going right until you reach some stairs behind the stairs is a shopping cart with the Orange Skull inside

To deposit the Orange Skull enter the sewers through City Hall Once you get inside get to the large open area and go up the ladder in the middle of the room which is near the makeshift grate bridge Enter the door to the right once you go up the ladder and place the Orange Skull on a pile to your left Your reward is a recipe for the Electro Body Military Knife

Purple Skull Location

Find this skull in the Its Your Own Fault shrine after doing the main quest in Act 2 Chapter 5 called Let the Waters Flow This is in the sewers of Moresby Find the two green barrels near a dead end after entering near the church Turn left going through some fogged rooms making sure to keep to the left Go to the dark section of the tunnels which is through a gated entrance then take the first right There should be a ladder on your right in the room with graffiti and upper catwalk Climb it and you should find the Purple Skull at a candle lit shrine at the end of the catwalk

You deposit the Purple Skull in the abandoned house that is made available during the Uninvited Guests sidequest in Moresby Use the stove in the room adjacent to the one with Alicia Jacobs Your reward is the Mindblowing Military Knife recipe